USGS Loc. 9959 - Pleasant Ridge Church [Shoal River Fm]: Serravallian, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula fornicata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| rare | ||||||||||
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Crucibulum constrictum
(Conrad 1842)
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| recombined as Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum | ||||||||||
| present; C. constrictum conjuge | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella (Torcula) waltonensis
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| original and current combination Torcula | ||||||||||
| present | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Strombina lampra
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| present | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices (Neverita) chipolanus
Dall 1892
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| recombined as Neverita chipolanus | ||||||||||
| rare | ||||||||||
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Euspira rotunda
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| rare | ||||||||||
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Natica (Tectonatica) mino
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| original and current combination Tectonatica | ||||||||||
| present | ||||||||||
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Natica (Tectonatica) semen
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| original and current combination Tectonatica | ||||||||||
| present | ||||||||||
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Polinices judsoni
(Maury 1910)
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| original and current combination Natica judsoni | ||||||||||
| present | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula defuniak
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| present | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatellites (Crassinella) tanicus
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| original and current combination Crassinella | ||||||||||
| present | ||||||||||
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Crassatellites (Scambula) densus
(Dall 1900)
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| recombined as Crassatella densus | ||||||||||
| present | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardita (Carditamera) defuniak
Gardner 1947
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| recombined as Carditamera (Carditamera) defuniak | ||||||||||
| rare; ? in occurrence table | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Phacoides (Pseudomiltha) paranodonta
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| original and current combination Pseudomiltha | ||||||||||
| rare | ||||||||||
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Divaricella waltonia
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| present | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pandorida
- Pandoridae
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Pandora (Kennerleyia) dodona
Dall 1903
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| recombined as Pandora (Pandorella) dodona | ||||||||||
| rare | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Pseudochama chipolana
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| rare; ? in occurrence table | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta acclinis
(Conrad 1832)
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| rare | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium (Cerastoderma) taphrium
Dall 1900
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| recombined as Dinocardium taphrium | ||||||||||
| rare | ||||||||||
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Cardium (Cerastoderma) waltonianum
Dall 1900
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| common | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris subovata
(Say 1824)
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| recombined as Costaglycymeris subovata | ||||||||||
| common | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca (Diluvarca) waltonia
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| spelled with current rank as Anadara (Diluvarca) | ||||||||||
| common; ? in occurrence table | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten (Chlamys) nicholsi
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| original and current combination Chlamys | ||||||||||
| common | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Walton |
| Coordinates: | 30.7° North, 86.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.0° North, 83.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Serravallian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Serravallian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 13.82000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 12.4 Ma (Sr isotope) |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Alum Bluff | Formation: | Shoal River | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Shoal River Fm of the Alum Bluff, which lies between the Chipola Fm (Early Miocene) and the Chochtawatchee Fm [Early Pliocene). AGE: Early Miocene (Gardener 1947); Middle Miocene in Vokes (1990) and Portell et al. (2006), although Jones et al. (1993) reports 87Sr/86Sr ratios that yielded average age estimates of 12.4 Ma [=Serravalian]. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified calcareous marl |
| Secondary lithology: | unlithified calcareous sandstone |
| Lithology description: marls, sands, clays, for the most part unconsolidated, in places highly calcareous | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
Metadata
| Database number: | 43048 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | K. Layou |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-08-09 13:27:12 | Last modified: | 2012-12-05 21:10:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-08-09 13:27:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11206. | J. R. Gardner. 1947. The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (142A-H)1-709 [A. Miller/K. Layou/A. Hendy] |